When staying in Paris, Walasse Ting was attracted and greatly influenced by Henri Matisse’s vivid, bright, and contrasting color usage in Fauvism. On the other hand, he was also inspired by the energetic and flexible color dispositions in Chinese folk drawings, which also made him to draw seamless lines freely without any modification. One of the most remarkable features in his works is that the contrasting color dispositions can actually create harmonious images. Moreover, Walasse Ting does not use any specific color to outline different sections in a painting. Instead, outlines are actually shaped from the slim overlaps of the colors of the connected sections in order to create a united and energetic image as a whole. In “The Artist's Garden”, each separate part is the powerful expression of Ting’s fascination: woman, fruit, parrot, and the support of everything – color. These are the elements Ting has spent his whole life on. Unlike other artists who try to purposely organize
objects in their paintings, Ting chooses to let all the elements naturally meet each other and let them define and locate themselves. In addition, “The
Artist's Garden” also provides us with an opportunity to re-appreciate his other works.